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SERVICE OF WORSHIP, May 19, 2024
Pentecost Sunday
“Knowing Christ and Making Him Known”
Welcome and good morning! On this Pentecost Sunday, as you prepare for worship, please mediate on our memory verse from Joel 2:32a, “Whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved” (NKJ).
Welcome and Announcements
WE WORSHIP IN THE OUTPOURED SPIRIT
Prelude: Caroline Cleaveland
Scripture Call to Worship Selected from Acts 2:1-21 (NET)
L: “Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.
ALL: Suddenly a sound like a violent wind blowing came from heaven and filled the entire house where they were sitting.
L: And tongues spreading out like a fire appeared to them and came to rest on each one of them.
ALL: “All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them….
L: All were astounded and greatly confused, saying to one another, “What does this mean?”
ALL: But others jeered at the speakers, saying, “They are drunk on new wine!”
L: But Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them: “You men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, know this and listen carefully to what I say. In spite of what you think, these men are not drunk, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning. But this is what was spoken about through the prophet Joel:
ALL: In the last days it will be,’ God says, ‘that I will pour out my Spirit on all people … And then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.'”
Chorus of Worship # 391 “Sweet, Sweet Spirit”
Prayer of Confession and Invocation
Assurance of Pardon from Acts 2:38 (NET)
“Repent, and each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”
Confession of Faith from the Westminster Larger Catechism
- 57. What benefits has Christ procured by His mediation?
Answer: Christ, by His mediation, has procured redemption,1 with all other benefits of the covenant of grace.2 (1 Heb. 9:12. 2 2 Cor. 1:20.)
- 58. How do we come to be made partakers of the benefits which Christ has procured?
Answer: We are made partakers of the benefits which Christ has procured, by the application of them unto us,1 which is the work especially of God the Holy Spirit.2
Hymn of Worship # 93, “God Our Father, We Adore Thee!”
WE PRAY IN THE OUTPOURED SPIRIT
Sharing of Praises and Prayer Requests
Pastoral Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer from Matthew 6:9–13 (KJV)
“Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom comes. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil: For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.”
WE LISTEN TO THE OUTPOURED SPIRIT
Memory Verse for today, from Joel 2:32a (NKJ)
“Whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved. “
Memory Verse for May 26, 1 John 2:15 (NKJ)
“Do not love the world or the things in the world.
If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.”
Reading from Joel 2:28-32 (NKJ)
“And it shall come to pass afterward That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions.
29 And also on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days.
30 “And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: Blood and fire and pillars of smoke.
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the LORD.
32 And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of the LORD Shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be deliverance, As the LORD has said, Among the remnant whom the LORD calls.”
Hymn of Praise # 386, “The Comforter Has Come”
Tithes and Offerings
WE LEARN OF THE OUTPOURED SPIRIT
Children’s Bible Chat: Craig Haddock
After the chat, children 7 and under are invited to attend the Children’s Church by leaving through the door next to the organ.
Sermon from Joel 2:27-32
Context : Israel has been devastated by a swarm of locusts (Chapter 1) but the Lord promises to deliver the nation from this plague (2:25) and He shall do so primarily by pouring out His Spirit upon Israel–and upon us, as Peter applies this passage on the Day of Pentecost to announce the New Covenant in Jesus of Nazareth (Acts 2:16-22).
[1] The One Promised in this Outpouring (2:28a)
- Who is this The Promised Spirit? (Num 11:29; “The Holy Spirit of God, ” Eph 4:30)
- What is this Promised Outpouring? (also in Isa 32:15; 44:3; Ezek 39:29; Zech 12:10);
- The Promise is fulfilled at Pentecost (Acts 2:33) and extended to all believers (Titus 3:6)
[2] The Ones Benefitting from this Outpouring (2:28b-29)
- Who are the “sons, daughters, old men, young men, servants” who benefit?
- What are these Gifts that benefit?
Prophesy (1 Cor 14:3)
Dreams (Matt 2:12-13)
Visions (Acts 10:19; 18:9)
- Who are these Gifted Servants? (29, 1 Cor 12:11), so are you benefitting other by such gifts?
[3] The Signs of this Outpouring (2:30-31)
- What are the signs in Creation? (Matt 28:2)
- While such signs signal the coming Day of the Lord Rev 6:12), note how some occurred at the Lord’s first coming: Blood (John 19:34); Fire (Luke 12:49); Darkness (Matt 27:45);
- While we are not to rely on signs (John 4:48), they do verify the person of Christ (Acts 2:22).
[4] The Promises of this Outpouring (2:32)
- Have you claimed the promise of Salvation for those who Call on the Name of the Lord (Rom 10:13)?
- Are you claiming the Deliverance for those whom the Lord calls (Acts 2:39)?
Closing Application: If there is a “secret” to the Christian life, it’s living in the “love of God poured out in your heart by the Holy Spirit who was given to you,” so are you doing so?
WE COMMIT TO THE OUTPOURED SPIRIT
“Hymn of Commitment # 393, “Breathe on Me”
COMMITMENT VERSE FOR REFLECTION Proverbs 1:23 (NKJ)
“Surely I will pour out my Spirit on you;
I will make my words known to you.”
BENEDICTION FROM Titus 3:5-7 (NKJ)
“According to His mercy [God] saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.”
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